Newell Rubbermaid is creating what it calls a customer service center of excellence at its existing facility at 4110 Premier Dr., officials with the High Point Economic Development Corporation said Wednesday.

About 170 people currently work at the facility, which provides support for the Levolor and Kirsch brands. Levolor came to High Point in 1995.

North Carolina House Republicans are making their own changes to the state gasoline tax that would cause an immediate price drop at the pump. But the decrease is not as deep as the Senate proposed last month.